Blogging
How to add a Splash Page in front of Your WordPress Blog
Sometimes it is not a good thing to unveil the curtain until the website is ready. This is not uncommon. A lot of companies put up a construction style splash page or a squeeze page in front of their website. This can sometimes be tricky when it comes to having the page appear as the default page in front of a CMS like WordPress.
However, have no fear, it is not time consuming to put a page in front of your WordPress blog. The task just requires a few configurations that have to be right in order for the site to display properly or the wrong page will display.
In this tutorial, we will go through these two steps. Continue reading
How to Find New Blog Topics
Stuck in a rut? Do you need more topics to get your blog rolling again? Keeping content current and fresh on a blog is very important to keep your reader base. Everyone knows this, but the idea of constantly finding new topics to write about can sometimes be the difference between successful or unsuccessful blogs. If you have this problem than have no fear! Trying some of these ideas will help get the “creative blogging juices” flowing!
Review Your Old Posts
Going back and reviewing the topics you have written about in the past is a great starting point to come up with new ideas. It sounds like the antithesis of what you are looking for, but if you give your old posts some attention, you may find sub-topics you can cover in more detail, or at least remind yourself of the topics you are an expert at, which will give you a starting point. Continue reading
Driving Traffic to Your Website or Blog for Free
Driving traffic to your website or blog is still the hardest part of making money online. There are many factors to consider after you build the site, but also what tools you have integrated into your site as well. The idea of driving traffic to your website, and not having the process cost you a cent has never been more achievable than it is right now! So don’t wait! Follow these pieces of advice and start your marketing campaign today!
Social Media
Social Media is vitally important when it comes to driving traffic to your website. There are several places that you absolutely must have a presence on the internet before you can even think of competing with today’s competition. They breakdown into the 2 following groups: Social Networking & Social Bookmarking. Continue reading
Making Money at Blogging in 2011
So you are interested in making money at blogging. Be warned: this is not easy in the slightest. As a matter of fact, any blogger will tell you it is extremely hard, and for a few hard-working, lucky people, an actual full time job. Your first step through quality content, and proper syndication, is to attract visitors to your blog before you can even begin to think about making money. If you have a good following, there are several ways to add revenue streams from blogging. Perhaps some of these options will work for you. Continue reading
Basic Rules for Successful Bloggers
It seems that everyone these days has a blog, but there is a set of rules successful bloggers will follow for many reasons. These rules help guide a writer to avoid disasters that may cause them to lose their reader base, and possibly even offend some readers. Other rules are guidelines for good content, and good content keeps readers coming back for more.
Write What You Know
This will always be the first and foremost rule of blogging. When it comes to getting traffic to your blog, there is not a faster way of attracting good, participating readers than by having insightful, specific content. I myself have dedicated the last ten years of my life to Web Development, Social Media Management, Blogging, and technology. That is my passion, and that is why any article you may read on this website will be on one of those topics. What is your passion? Finding your expertise and sticking to it when it comes to writing is the basic rule of blogging success. Share your expertise and readers will find you. Continue reading
